Atlanta Regional Commission

we don't need new roads!!! We need RAIL BASED TRANSIT to help end congestion!!!!!!!! its the only way!

DOT should be DOR (Dept. of Roads). I agree with Tyler that we don't need "more" roads!

Why can't we have a rail system like this?

"He is keen to resurrect the North Cobb to Akers Mill to Perimeter light-rail line..."

On a side note, I've considered donating a brick to the Cobb Energy Centre and having them engrave on it, "WISH I COULD TAKE A TRAIN TO GET HERE" -- http://www.cobbenergycentre.com/buy_brick.aspx

Sinking ship he says, let me tell you. I'm a native Atlantan in California. We're moving back because California really is in decline, people in Georgia have no idea. There's too much water that falls over GA to worry, except that public infrastructure doesn't exist. Much dryer places like Vegas and Phoenix and San Diego are in worse shape. The biggest problem Atlanta has is crime in my opinion.

Sounds familiar. I'll at least give Seattle and Washington credit for being in agreement that the current highway needs to go. How long before Atlanta and Georgia are in such agreement over its ITP highways?

So, when does the "Public Comment" period start for this stupid idea?
Maybe I'll start now.. It is my recollection, that the "Previous research" mentioned was all done by the Reason Foundation, i.e. the road-building lobby. I support studying the issue to a point short of wasting significant resources that would be better used elsewhere. Such a ... See Moreproject would be abhorently expensive, would be very distruptive to the neihborhoods above it, and when studied in plan, would only benefit a few specific travelers, given that its northern entry point would be well inside the perimeter and only in line with GA 400. Again, I welcome honest objective study of this idea; but I believe that you'll find that almost all, if not all of the Concpt3 master plan could be built for a similar amount of cash.

The northern entry point would be in the Lindridge Martin Manor neighborhood, already under assault from the GA-400/I-85 flyover ramp project. Why do intown neighborhoods have to suffer for the convenience of the suburbanites? We made a conscience decision to live intown to avoid long commutes. Others can do likewise, thus creating the "critical ... See Moremass" that the Reason Foundation says is missing to justify alternative modes of transportation. Check out the Reason Foundation and Georgia Public Policy Foundation, both fronts for the road-building lobby. It will make you laugh and/or cry. And what about Ormwood Park and East Atlanta, where the tunnel would stop and the road be above ground? The rumbling you hear is the beginning sounds of the largest public uproar that has been heard in this city in 30 years, the last time GDOT tried to pave its way through east Atlanta.

The GaDOT just doesn't seem to get it. I was speaking to one of their engineers during hearings about converting HOV lanes to HOT lanes and stated they should be spending the money building more rail lines and he stated they were road builders. The latest announcements just support that. The Ga DOT board talks pro transit (rail) and the staff goes on their merry way proposing more roads without mentioning more transit at the same time.

the toll tunnel is the WRONG solution at the wrong time. said tunnel would continue to feed the problem and give rise in the symptoms that are trying to be solved. the atlanta region needs ALTERNATIVE transit options, not more of the same carbon based single rider options. there are dozens of worthy proposals floated over the past 10 years.....what happened to the numerous proposals in CONCEPT3?